Quote: (10-26-2011 07:31 AM)chochemonger1 Wrote:
Quote: (10-26-2011 02:46 AM)jdreise Wrote:
So I've been hanging out on this site for a few months but haven't felt compelled enough to post anything until now. I taught in Korea for 15 months and absolutely cleaned up with, IMO, attractive Korean girls. Haeundae, Gwangali, Kyungsungdae were my old boozing and pussy chasing spots. I hiked all of the highest peaks in Korea and tried any Korean food that they put in front of me. Tried dakkalbi yet? I miss that stuff.
Dash, I gotta say that I think you'll eventually catch yellow fever. It took me about two months to come around but once I did there was no way I was going back to all those sloppy Waegook beer hags throwing themselves at anything that'll stick a dick in them. Almost every foreign guy I know in Korea goes through the whole conversion process. As with a lot of the Western guys in Korea, before I came to Asia I had no interest in Asian girls. Sure maybe, a hot Filipina or Thai or Maria Ozawa once in a while, but the majority of Northeast Asians... zilch. I did a few long trips to Europe and South America and prefered Latinas and Eastern Europeans like the majority on this site but basically just went to Korea as a way to make some quick cash and extend my travels.
Now I'm really glad I did as Asian chicks have become my favorite. I still like Latinas (just spent 3 months banging down Mexicanas this summer)but think that if I ever decide to settle down it's going to be with an Asian. They just age so much better than other ethnicities. When I see a girl with big tits and a big ass I immediately think about what she's going to look like at 45. Probably overweight. Most Korean women still look good at 35, 45, hell, even some at 55. Estimating their ability to age well is connected to my beta ambition to eventually settle down and have some kids. It'd be nice if I still want to fuck their mother after a few years too. I think Asian women fulfill that criteria.
So back to Korea... one thing that you're going to have to learn to do is appreciate the Asian aesthetic. As noted before, there is a different standard of beauty than the West. Once you embrace it Korea will become your playground. Learn some conversational Korean, make some genuine Korean friends (they legitimize you in the eyes of xenophobic K-girls), and approach everything that smiles at you.
Of course you should always go for the bang as soon as possible but just racking up phone numbers and playing the texting game is going to get you tons of play. I got almost all of my lays from K-girls that I met outside of the bar scene. On average it's much harder to pull a Korean chick away from a group of friends at the end of a night in the bars for a one night stand than any western chick. Even if she's a slut she doesn't want to look like one in front of her friends (In Korea looking like a skank that bangs dirty foreigners is a terrible label to carry around) Plus, if there are any Korean guys around they are going to cockblock the shit out of you. You might have to just settle for a number and try to get her to go out drinking with you by herself on a week night. Get her to your apartment and it's game over. Korean chicks don't just come over to hang out.
So... in conclusion I think you should just embrace it. Find a Korean chick that'll suck your balls empty, pay for meals, clean your apartment, come over and make you Kimchi Jigae, and you'll never want to go back to western chicks.
So yeah, that's my first post. If you have any questions about Korea send them my way. I put up good numbers there and would consider myself an expert in gaming them. I'm living in Bangkok now, so if you have any questions about this place (heaven on earth! and not just for asiaphiles) send them my way too. Later
Sounds like,in S. Korea, you made the best of a difficult situation, which is what a traveler often has to do. Though with so many countries and women available, I'm not so sure the "stick it out" and adapt kind of advice is the best. With experience, after about a month, its pretty easy to tell if a place is worth it for the long haul. For example, I've been in Ecuador for a while now for business reasons and have adapted just like you did in S. Korea. However, whenever i get the opportunity i head back to Colombia or Brazil. Life is too short for making a good thing out of someting mediocre.
I think in hindsight, it was a difficult place to live. There are definitely easier and more desirable places to live in Asia. That's part of why I'm in Thailand now. This place is just rather easy to live in.
I drank way too much while I was in Korea--like to the point where I wore myself down and ended up getting sick with tonsilitis. It's part of their culture to drink all the time and rather hard to avoid if you want to have a social life.
The thing about Korea is that many people develop the "stick it out" attitude because of the way teaching contracts are set up. If you stay until the end, you walk away with a nice severance bonus and get a paid flight home. If you break the contract you lose that and probably the housing deposit that your school took out of your first paycheck. That's about $3500 right there, up and gone, plus whatever it's going to take to fly you off of the peninsula.
There were a lot of bad things about Korea but also a lot of good. I saved about $20k in my 15 months there
(I'm an extreme case), fucked lots of girls, and took an awesome trip through East Asia afterward.
Will I go back? No. There are just too many other places that I can go now that are more desirable. I still admire a hot Korean girl though and think they can be extremely sexy.
What kind of business things are you doing in Ecuador? I've been to Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil, amongst others, and would agree that Ecuador is less appealing. Insane natural beauty but things like the cuisine, women, and crime are major drawbacks.
Have you thought about Mexico? I'm a huge advocate of the middle-class Mexicanas. Las Fresas. They can match Colombianas IMO. Plus the food in Mexico is awesome